Resources
Sustainable communities
Hundreds of millions of pounds are being spent on regeneration in the UK. But, as houses and factories are built, land redeveloped and infrastructure put in, new approaches are needed that take account of the lessons of the past. - -
Content
Marrying cost and community
Roger Blitz on the challenges facing the UK as it spearheads a vast regeneration programme.
Commercial property: Finding the right balance
Sarah Murray finds that a sea change in attitudes is taking place in public and private sector thinking
The magnet effect: Can villages survive in their own right?
Jonathan Guthrie wonders if it is possible to build new towns close to large cities without them turning in to dormitories
Regional policy: Focusing on the north-south conundrum
Roger Blitz says it appears that there is a cast-iron contradiction in the government’s policy target
Redevelopment: The future on the waterfront
Andrew Bolger on ambitious plans to regenerate already-thriving Edinburgh
Architecture design: Move to push forward the boundaries
Sarah Murray on the role which architects have in fulfilling people’s hopes for a good quality living environment.
Home technology: Energy efficiency is high on the agenda for home owners
But, says Sarah Murray, solar panels are not the only consideration
Poundbury: Right step or Stepford Wives?
Clare Gascoigne looks at the Dorset scheme championed by Prince Charles that has generated huge amounts of headlines
Northampton and Milton Keynes: Back to an older concept
Britain pioneered the garden city. Clare Gascoigne wonders if we can relearn that kind of city thinking.
Ashford: Town aims to join list of global attractions
Gill Plimmer looks at an example in Kent
